No fewer than three soldiers and two vigilante members have been reportedly killed in an ambush by a militia group in Katakpa community of Toto local government area of Nasarawa State, North-Central Nigeria.
Chairman of Toto Local Government Area, Abdullahi Tashas and the state lawmaker representing Ugya-Umaisha constituency, Ibrahim Saad in a telephone conversation confirmed to ait.live that the victims were on a peace mission to the troubled Katakpa area when they were killed.
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They explained that the soldiers were deployed to ensure peace in the area following sustained attacks on Toto communities by the militia group when they were allegedly ambushed and killed by the same Bassa militia.
For sometime now there has been clashes between the Bassa and Egbira people in Toto local government area over boundary demarcation with several meetings called by the State Government to end the clashes.
(Editor : Ena Agbanoma)
